We have updated the LIS / New York Times Income Distribution Database that we added to the LIS website in April 2014. This database, which contains detailed information on the distribution and growth of household income across countries, has been updated to include later microdata and to change from 2005 to 2011 PPPs. We have […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/nyt-database-updated-complementary-database-added-2/
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Today, LIS is taking an exciting step forward by introducing an expanded and updated version of the Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS) Database. Launched in 2007 as a pilot project, the LWS Database has provided opportunities for research on wealth and debt. In the intervening nine years, LIS has contributed to, and gained from, networks of […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/new-luxembourg-wealth-study-lws-is-launched/
The application of our annual 2016 Introductory Summer Workshop can be found here. Practical information is available on the dedicated 2016 LIS Summer Workshop Website. The application is due 25 April 2016. Source: Flavia Camilleri ©
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/uncategorized/2016-lis-introductory-summer-workshop-application-is-available/
We are delighted to inform our users that we have added one new dataset from United Kingdom, UK13 (Wave IX), to the LIS Database. The dataset is from the 2013-14 wave of Family Resources Survey (FRS), which serves as input for the British component of the EU Survey of Income and Living Conditions – SILC. […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/united-kingdom-2013-added-to-the-lis-database/
Tim Smeeding, former LIS Director, has received a prestigious award from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. The award granted Tim a named professorship, and invited him to select the name. Tim chose the title: Lee Rainwater Distinguished Professor of Public Affairs and Economics. For over two decades, Lee was LIS’ Research Director; he was a […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/tim-smeeding-named-lee-rainwater-distinguished-professor-of-public-affairs-and-economics/
Today, the Guardian launched a two-week series, on the worrisome economic status of “Generation Y” (those born between 1980 and the mid-1990s) in eight affluent countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK and US. The main data source was our Luxembourg Income Study Database. We look forward to future collaborations with the Guardian – […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/the-guardian-launched-a-two-week-series-based-on-lis-data/
We are delighted to inform our users that we have added one new dataset from India, IN11 (Wave VIII), to the LIS Database. The dataset is from the 2011 India Human Development Survey (IHDS), was jointly organized by researchers from the University of Maryland (in the US) and the National Council of Applied Economic Research […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-events/india-2011-added-to-the-lis-database/
This version of the Comparative Welfare States Dataset is an update of Brady, Huber, and Stephens (2014). It corrects errors in Brady et al. (2014) (e.g. errors in the WTID Data on the top 1% share including capital gains) and it adds several variables (e.g. the OECD income distribution data). Language clarifying the content of […]
https://www.lisdatacenter.org/uncategorized/cws-lac-datasets/